Saying goodbye: A final farewell to President Barack Obama

President Barack Obama smiles during his final presidential news conference, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

PHOENIX — On Friday, Barack Obama’s time as the 44th president of the United States will officially come to a close with the swearing in of Donald Trump.

The president spent his last full day Thursday at the White House before becoming a former president. The big decisions and grand pronouncements are all behind him, but he is still in charge until Trump takes the oath at noon on Friday.

While his staff said Obama planned to use Thursday to pack up the remainder of his family’s belongings, many were thinking about the past eight years and what his legacy will be.

But reducing a presidency — especially one that stretches two terms — down to just a few ideas or words is a difficult task. We tried.

Instead, we used the past week to put together different stories to sum up Obama’s time in the White House. You can scroll through them below.